Government Helping Us - Not Archives - Page 10 of 44

FDA Set to Move on Caffeine in Alcoholic Drinks

Wall St. Journal: “U.S. regulators are poised to ban the sale of caffeine-containing alcoholic drinks amid rising safety concerns . . . . The FDA plans to rule that caffeine is an unsafe food additive for alcoholic beverages,”

Food Police Bust Boys Cupcake Sale

LoHud.com: “When . . . two 13-year-olds . . . set up shop at Gedney Park . . . they were expecting a tidy profit. . . . New Castle Councilman Michael Wolfensohn came upon the sale and called the cops on the kids for operating without a license.”

More Federal Workers’ Pay Tops $150,000

The founding fathers of the United States tried to create a country that exists to help the people. Now the American people exist to support the outrageous pay and benefits paid to the ever growing and over-sized federal work force. The federal government takes American’s tax dollars from people who earn much less than federal government workers to pay the federal workers.

USA Today: “The number of federal workers earning $150,000 or more a year has soared tenfold in the past five years and doubled since President Obama took office.”

USA Today: “Federal workers earning double their private counterparts.”

Gawker: “White House Staffers Got a Bigger Raise Than You Did Last Year“

School Makes Boy Take American Flag Off Bike

Fox 40: “13-year-old Cody Alicea rides with an American flag on the back of his bike. He says he does this to be patriotic and to honor veterans, like his own grandfather, Robert. He’s had the flag on his bike for two months but Monday, was told to take it down. A school official at Denair Middle School told Cody some students had been complaining about the flag and it was no longer allowed on school property.”

Deer Valley Unified School District Focus of Title IX Investigation

Arizona Republic: “A women’s rights group says the Deer Valley Unified School District does not provide equal opportunities for girls to play high-school sports. The National Women’s Law Center filed a complaint Wednesday with the U.S. Department of Education, seeking an investigation.”